Can someone tell me what the S looking symbol is beside the mail icon ?

[dustyh0040]

There is a S icon looks like a snake kinda

 

[anon(5600632)]

What kind of phone? You have a screen shot? Could be a notification from one of your apps. Have you dragged down the notifications bar to see if there's anything there? Hard to say without seeing it, but do you have the Swype keyboard installed?